The MDCN exam is a mandatory Nigerian medical licensing exam for foreign trained medical graduates seeking to practice in Nigeria. It holds twice yearly (June and October) for a 2 days duration in any of the Nigerian cities designated by the MDCN management. The day 1 of the MDCN exam involves COMPUTER BASED TEST (CBT) which includes MCQS and PICTURES TESTS while the day 2 of the exam involves OBJECTIVE STRUCTURAL CLINICAL EXAM (OSCE) which includes CLERKING, COUNSELLING, PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, LEVELS OF PREVENTION AND SOME WRITTEN STATIONS. The MDCN exam generally is aimed at testing candidates’ knowledge in general and tropical medicine majorly in obstetrics and gynaecology, medicine, surgery, pediatrics and public health (community medicine).
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